All of us make mistakes and the majority of us have missed a day's work for whatever reason.
That I would rather be in another business where a bad cold wouldn't put me out of work.
The biggest challenge to being an actor is, when you're not working, just being unemployed: the downtime and not having anything to do.
I can't pay my [bills]. I can't go to work. My car is out of gas.
There was a time when I had no work, and I had to sit at home for 4 years.
The Mayor of Hong Kong, who said Can't work today. Have American flu. Never got a dinner!
I'd gone through periods where I didn't work live performances for probably seven or eight months at a time.
If you see me doing a new stand-up special, it probably means I've been out of work for a while.
The one thing I know through experience ... is that people don't know why they come to work until they don't have to come to work.
I basically took six or seven years off, but then I had another five or four of me not working at all because I was in school. It was really 13 years of me not working at all... I really couldn't even think about it.
I'm missing work. We didn't have enough money for preschool. I had a panic attack. I couldn't do it. I became one of those horrible foster parents who give the kids back.
I had some personal issues to sort out so I couldn't work for a while.
It is the curse of prosperity that it takes work away from us, and shuts that door to hope and health of spirit.
I'm not going to take off time and lose money to go fight.
I find that my touchstones go out the window, the routines, the things that you do to keep you grounded. Then when I'm out of work I have too much time. The trick is not to get lost surfing the Internet.
I have no intention of resigning, and confidently expect to resume official duties within three months.
